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Ms McAlister said the husband's response was to blame Fifty Shades Of Grey: 'He went ballistic when he found out the name of the book she was reading and told her, “It's all because you have been reading that bloody book.” '

The woman's husband is admitting 'unreasonable behaviour' so the divorce can be granted quickly without a contested hearing in which his low libido would be discussed in court.

Bondage equipment: When the woman's husband failed to respond to the novel's themes, which include bondage and S&M, she petitioned for divorce

Ms McAlister, who is in charge of the family department at Russell Jones & Walker, said that it was one of a growing number of divorce cases brought by wives spurred on by the Fifty Shades literary phenomenon – dubbed 'mummy porn' – which encourages women to be more adventurous in the bedroom.

'There has been a real shift in sexual attitudes,' Ms McAlister, said. 'It used to be the men who complained they weren't getting enough nookie in the bedroom.

'But now it's the women who are calling their husbands boring after reading books like Fifty Shades.'

Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James who is the author behind the best-selling raunchy novel

It became a literary sensation almost overnight, with a further two books in the series published and more than 60 million copies sold worldwide.

Ms McAlister also revealed that the emergence of adultery websites has fuelled divorce cases.

'Women are finding these sites very liberating because they advertise no strings attached sex with men who match their own interests and desires,' she added.

'But it doesn't take long for husbands to discover the wife has been visiting these websites and then filing for divorce.'

However, figures show women still have a long way to go to catch up with men's demands.

A report by Relate and Ann Summers published this year found those between 30 and 39 were more dissatisfied with their sex life than any other age group, with 71 per cent of men and 55 per cent of women saying they were not getting enough.

It said money worries and the stress of caring for children left them too listless for bedroom fireworks.